ἐξημερ-όω,
tame or reclaim entirely, χῶρον [ἀκανθώδη] [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. γαῖαν free the land from wild beasts, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 20, 852 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; reclaim wild plants, κοτίνους εἰς συκᾶς ἐ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 20, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 2.2.12 (_passive_), +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]: metaphorically, soften, humanize, τὸ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀτέραμνον [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4. 21.4; διανοίας 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.402; τὰς τῶν ἠθῶν καὶ παθῶν ὕλας LXX.4Mac.1.29; αὑτὸν διὰ παιδείας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Numa” 3; τὴν νῆσον ἐξηγριωμένην ὑπὸ κακῶν.. ἐξημέρωσε [prev. author] “Tim.” 35, compare 1st c.BC: Parthenius Mythographus 20.1 ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]; ἡ ἐξημερωμένη ἐν τοῖς νῦν χρόνοις ἀναστροφή our present civilized life, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ τῶν Στωικῶν” 339.19. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]